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Objectives were to determine the tillage main-plot (CT = conventional tillage, and NT = no-tillage) and weed-control subplot (C = no overseeding or preemergent herbicide; HB = oxyfluorfen; RC = red clover (<i>Trifolium pratense</i> L.); WC = Dutch white clover (<i>Trifolium repens</i> L.); and HV = hairy vetch (<i>Vicia villosa</i> Roth) effects on broccoli yield and weed suppression. At all sites, marketable broccoli yield was equal or higher in NT than CT and was unaffected by overseeded legume living mulches. Overseeded legumes suppressed weeds as well as the HB in three of the four sites. 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At all sites, marketable broccoli yield was equal or higher in NT than CT and was unaffected by overseeded legume living mulches. Overseeded legumes suppressed weeds as well as the HB in three of the four sites. 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